Does a Dose Calculator as an Add-On to a Web-Based Paediatric Formulary Reduce Calculation Errors in Paediatric Dosing? A Non-Randomized Controlled Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that the use of a dose calculator as an add-on to a web-based paediatric formulary can reduce calculation errors. Furthermore, it shows that technologies may introduce new errors through transcription errors and wrongly selecting parameters from drop-down lists. Therefore, dosing calculators should be developed and used with special attention for selection and transcription errors.
PMID: 32170636 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Paediatric Drugs - March 13, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: van der Zanden TM, de Hoog M, Windster JD, van Rosmalen J, van der Sijs IH, de Wildt SN Tags: Paediatr Drugs Source Type: research